Born in Sydney in 1971, Steve Lopes graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) from the University of New South Wales in 1991. In the same year he studied with the New York Art Students League in the USA and in 1998 he studied with the London Print Studio in England. Throughout 2005 Lopes undertook private study with Peter Howson in Glasgow, Scotland.
Lopes is a figurative painter. Since 1996 he has had twelve solo exhibitions throughout Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. He has also exhibited in numerous group exhibitions and is a frequent finalist in the Kedumba Invitational Drawing Award. In 2008 he was a finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize, NSW.
In 2003, 2001 and 1991 Lopes won first prize in the Carnivale Arts Festival, Sydney. In 1997 he was awarded the Young Artist Award at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London. Lopes’ work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia; BHP Biliton; Bundanon Collection; State Library of New South Wales; University of Wollongong Art Collection; The University of Melbourne Library; Time Warner, New York; Rolls Royce, London; British Biotec; Psion Communications, London; Cable & Wireless, UK; as well as Private collections in Australia, United Kingdom, Italy and the USA.
- Writers:
- Stella Downer
- Date written:
- 2007
- Last updated:
- 2009
